Einstein wrote a letter to Nikola Tesla for his 75th birthday. Here's what it said ...

Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla were both quite unusual characters, introverted, strong mind and arguably insane. They were both totally committed to our scientific research

Albert Einstein was a German theoretical physicist. He developed a general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. Einstein's work was also known for his influence on the philosophy of science.Nikola Tesla was an American inventor Balkan roots, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist and futurist best known for his contribution to the invention of modern alternating current system in electricity supply.

Due to their open nature as two leading scientific minds in the world at that time, it was inevitable that at the end of "butting heads".

In 1931, the 75th birthday of Nikola Tesla, he was on the cover of Time magazine. Time magazine asked for comment by Einstein in which he kindly answered: "As a respected pioneer in the field of high frequency currents ... I congratulate you on the great success of his life's work." It was a brief and specific comments of Einstein.

However, in "Fragments Olympic rumor", which was composed in the late 1920s, Tesla was critical of Einstein:

"Now a long haired freak, Einstein by name,

Puts on your high teaching all the more guilty. "

Also later in 1935 when he said that The New York Times, Tesla was critical of Einstein claiming that his theory of relativity was ...

"Beggar wrapped in purple for which he was ignorant people take for a king" and

"Mass of errors and false ideas that are violently opposed to the teachings of the great science of the past, and even the common sense ...

... Theory that has done all these errors and misconceptions, and are dressed in veličanstvenou mathematical clothes that fascinates, dazzles and makes people be blind to the fundamental error ....

... Its exponents are very bright people, but they are metaphysicians, not scientists. None of the proposals of relativity has not been proven. "

It is also rumored that when Einstein was asked what it feels like to be the smartest man on earth, he replied: "I would not know. Ask Nikola Tesla ".

Given the nature of the relationship between Einstein and Tesla, it is assumed that Einstein actually said those words, it would make sense that it was a sarcastic remark, not a compliment.

• 29 Dec, 2016
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